The Seraphim Medal () is a royal medal of Sweden. Established in 1748, it is awarded by the King of Sweden for service that benefits society or service of a humanitarian nature.
Appearance The Seraphim Medal is a gold medal of the 8th size. The obverse of the medal bears the effigy of King Frederick I with the inscription above FREDERICUS D.G. REX SUECIAE. The reverse of the medal bears these words in the centre: ORDO EQ SERAPHIN · RESTAURATUS NATALI REGIS LXXIII · (Order of the Seraphim restored on the seventy-third birthday of the King). Surrounding all of this is the collar of the Order of the Seraphim. Circumscribing the collar is the inscription PROCERES CUM REGE NECTIT 1748 (It unites the Foremost with the Prince).
Recipients Since 1973, the medal has only been awarded to the following sixteen people: Britta Holmström, 1973 Jacob Wallenberg, 1975 Sven Romanus, 1980 Gösta Wallin, 1980 Sven Edling, 1984 Olof Rydbeck, 1987 Henry Montgomery, 1998 Carl Axel Petri, 1998 Peter Wallenberg, 2000 Carl-Gustaf Andrén, 2002 Hans Blix, 2004 Sture Linnér, 2008 Herbert Blomstedt, 2012 Stig Strömholm, 2012 Hédi Fried, 2019 Queen Silvia, 2026
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